That said, I’m pretty sure Katie Hopkins and Donald Trump deliberately used “Londonistan” as a not-so-subtle attack on Sadiq Khan being a Muslim. But the word has a long established meaning already.
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And also, it’s got bugger all to do with knife crime in London too - hence why it’s clear Hopkins and Trump were using the term Londonistan as a way to attack Khan simply for being Muslim.
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When the French security said “ londonstan” more than 17 or 18 years ago (critical of our tolerance of islamists activists ) nobody, from the guardian to the bbc was bothered or suggested it was racist !
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It came out of the France Secret Service/Cops long ago and is commonplace in the French mainstream press to describe London .. just google any French press daily
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#Snap There was a documentary program back in early 2000s that referenced it. Especially in ref to Finsbury Park mosque & old hook arm Hamza.
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Yes, it was said to have been coined by French security personnel in mockery of the British intelligence services' policy: an understanding with assorted Islamists operating from London that they could carry on unimpeded as long as they did not do anything violent in the UK.
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“Londonistan” is the title of a Melanie Phillips book written in 2006.
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exactly , Julia dosent like Donald , even tho everything he has said and katie for that matter is true
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As a french national (Sorry, I blame my parents) it is a term that has been used for decades by the french. Not too sure what Khan said but it predates him.
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It was a term used by French counter-terrorism experts decades ago, to refer to our authorities' lax attitude to the Islamic extremists in our midst.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1359305/Why-France-lived-in-fear-of-Londonistan.html …
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I thought it was neologism invented by the French secret service in reference to London being a hotbed for Islamist extremism? Back in days when Abu Hamza and Omar Bakri Muhammad were on the scene. But I’ve never heard it used in ref to knife crime before!
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Melanie Phillips wrote “Londonistan” in 2006. The term had been in wide use before that.
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We were putting 'stan' on the end of Bradford for decades. Glad you Londoners have finally caught up. Diversity is strength.
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The French security services used the phrase back in the 90s due to concerns they expressed to UK security services about the militant/extremist Muslims that flocked to London.
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And he did and look how many people have died needlessly because of that act.
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